Team Malawi
Madalitso Symon Phiri
Madalitso Symon Phiri is a Malawian Musician, sound engineer and music teacher, mostly playing and teaching guitars and drums. In 2014 he got a professional music certificate acquired by the Global Music Academy under Music Crossroads Malawi. In 2015 he obtained a certificate for African Music Development Programme in sound engineering and music management. Since 2016 he owns a certificate for Malawi Music Project in the following areas: HIV/AIDS, Music Theory, Copyright Law, Songwriting and Composition, State Management and Professionalism, African roots to modern Development, Music and Spirituality.
Madalitso has been playing in local and international music festivals with various artists/musicians around Malawi and outside, such as in Norway, Tanzania and Mozambique.
Maggie Kadrum is a Malawian Afro Jazz Singer/Songwriter who talks firmly on the issues of Women Empowerment, Mental Health and social Scenarios through her Music.
She is an enthusiast in physical fitness and dance that she incorporates these elements in her music and an Afro contemporary dance group she founded in 2020 called My Body speaks to bring the youth together from the ages of 15-25 to express different life situations with dance art.
Maggie Kadrum
Zwangie Chikapa
Zwangie Chikapa comes from a visual arts family. His father was one of the first people in Malawi to own an Art Gallery. Zwangie is a self taught visual artist and musician (Voice and Guitar). Since 2006 he went full time into art and music, attending different Workshops and being part of different art exhibitions. From 2010 until now he has been teaching art and music to children of all levels under Kuyenda Arts Network and created together with some Collegues a Children’s Song Book with Illustrations. In 2006 Zwangie formed one of the only rock bands in Malawi together with a Friend. They have been performing around Malawi at local festivals. Currently they are working on their first Chichewa Rock album which also will be the first Chichewa Rock Album since the 80s.